Where does “ŵaKanani” come from?

ŵaKanani (Tumbuka) comes from Hawaiian Kanani, from English Canaan, from Ecclesiastical Latin Chanaan, from Ancient Greek χαναάν, from Ancient Greek Χνᾶ, from Hebrew כְּנַעַן — Slavic lands.

Ancestry of “ŵaKanani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianKanani
2EnglishCanaanroughly equivalent to Palestine/Israel
3Ecclesiastical LatinChanaan
4Ancient Greekχαναάν
5Ancient GreekΧνᾶAbbreviation of Χαναάν
6HebrewכְּנַעַןSlavic lands
Every word from Hebrew כְּנַעַןEvery word from Ancient Greek ΧνᾶEvery word from Ancient Greek χαναάν
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